Lich King

“	You speak of justice? Of cowardice? I will show you the justice of the grave, and the true meaning of fear!	„
	~ The Lich King Arthas, entering the Wrathgate.

The Lich King is a character from the Warcraft video game series. The title has been carried by multiple characters, the most prominent is Arthas Menethil. He previously fought Sauron in the 169th episode of DEATH BATTLE!, Sauron VS Lich King.

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Battle Record

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Battle Record

• Wins: 5
• Losses: 1
• Draws: 0

Possible Opponents

• Bowser (Super Mario)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Líf (Fire Emblem)
• Golbez (Final Fantasy)
• Kortifex The Deathless (Call of Duty)
• Kratos (God of War)
• The Lich (Adventure Time)
• Rimuru Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
• Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)

History

Prince Arthas Menethil, son of Terenas Menthil, who was notable for his 70 year long reign, was amongst the many, many paladins trained by Uther the Lightbringer. At a young age, even made further better by his friendship with dwarf warrior Muradin Bronzebeard, Arthas was a striving champion of the light. In his time, he routinely fought and defeated Orcish raiders, but discovered that one particular clan, the Blackrock, has engaged in demon worship, which Uther had claimed to have defeated ages ago before Arthas' time. However, being young and untested, Uther had to regularly mentor the young paladin, lest he be damned to darkness; until it was too late.

The young paladin discovered that Lordaeron, his home was ravaged by a mysterious plague that converted it's victims to the ravenous Undead. With the aid of his lover, Jaina Proudmoore and Uther, Arthas managed to endure against the plague, until he began to fall into insanity. After the systematic purging of Stratholme, Arthas was tempted by the leader of the Undead, the dreadlord Mal'Ganis, into following him to Northrend. There, he met up with Muradin Bronzebeard, but his campaign in Northrend took a turn for the worst; his expedition was ordered to return to Lordaeron under the orders of his father. Despite Muradin's objections, Arthas burned down the ships, betrayed the mercenaries he hired and implored his expeditionary forces to fight with him, to Muradin's dismay. Although the dwarf had questioned Arthas' mental decline, he reluctantly agreed to help him find the legendary weapon, Frostmourne.

Though he had lost men fighting through Frostmourne's guardians, Arthas managed to reach the sword itself Despite Muradin's objections that Frostmourne was cursed (as it can render souls just as it can claim souls upon killing it's target), Arthas takes up Frostmourne (with Muradin being seemingly killed in the process). Insane with revenge against Mal'Ganis and corrupted by his passion, Arthas rallied his forces to eventually destroy Mal'Ganis, killing the dreadlord, but succumbs to Frostmourne's will in the process.

Afterwards, Arthas returns Lordaeron, where he murdered his father and takes his crown. As the first Death Knight since 70 years, Arthas was eventually guided by Tichondrius, another dreadlord, but is integrated to Arthas' forces as an overseer for the Burning Legion, ensuring that the Lich King will carry out the will of Archimonde the Defiler. Through Tichondrius' orders, Arthas destroyed the Silver Hand, rebuilding the Undead Scourge he once vanquished long ago, killing Uther as well, but along the way, he reaches out to Kel'Thuzad, the very necromancer he killed as a paladin. The ghost of this dead sorcerer warned Arthas not to trust the dreadlords, as they are the Lich King's jailors, keeping him in check to prevent the Scourge from rebelling against the Burning Legion.

Nonetheless, Arthas was ordered by Tichondrius to raze Quel'Thalas, the high elven nation, encountering Sylvanas Windrunner, breaking through the high elven defenses and corrupting Sylvanas to his service as a banshee, then obliterated the high elven defenses mercilessly to reach the Sunwell, the high elves' source of magic, eventually using the well to resurrect Kel'thuzad to a powerful Lich.

Kel'Thuzad divulges to Arthas that the plague of Lordaeron and the destruction of Quel'Thalas were all part of the Burning Legion's upcoming invasion of the world. After destroying a local Blackrock encampment containing demon lore, Kel'Thuzad summons Archimonde, who grants him the task to attack Dalaran for the legendary Tome of Medivh (for it possesses the power needed to summon the Legion to the world); the magical capital of the world. There, he encountered their forces led by Antonidas, the lord of Dalaran, and crushed Dalaran's defences, then moved on the defensive to protect Kel'Thuzad while the lich is occupied summoning Archimonde from the nations' inevitable retaliation.

Though successful, Archimonde binds the Undead to his will, superseding the Lich King's authority, but Kel'Thuzad assures Arthas that the Lich King has secretly planned the Legion's downfall to regain the Scourge's control over to him, which Arthas would later exploit to have Illidan Stormrage kill Tichondrius by guiding him to the Skull of Gul'dan, an ancient relic containing the demonic knowledge of the late warlock himself.

After the Legion has been soundly defeated in the Battle of Mt. Hyjal, Arthas drove away the remaining dreadlords out of Lordaeron, reclaiming full authority over the Undead once more, and then utilizing them into wiping out the remnants of human presence around the land with Kel'thuzad and Sylvanas. However, he eventually felt his powers weakening, as the Lich King ordered him to return to Northrend at once, as a result, Sylvanas betrays him, having regained free will once more. Barely escaping Lordaeron with a handful of undead still loyal to him, and surviving Sylvanas' ambush, Arthas leaves Kel'Thuzad in charge while he departs to Northrend.

Having returned to Northrend, Arthas discovers that a coalition of Blood Elves (composed of magic-hungry high elven survivors from Quel'thalas) and the underwater sea dwellers known as Naga, led by Illidan himself, is reaching towards the Lich King to kill him. Meeting up with the fierce crypt lord Anub'arak, Arthas undertakes a faster route to the Lich King through the underground kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, fighting Dwarven and Nerubian survivors, the latter struggling to survive after the War of the Spider that saw their empire wiped out by the Lich King. However, along the way, they encountered faceless ones; servants of the malevolent OId Gods. After reaching through the underground catacombs, the Lich King restored Arthas' declining powers as much as he could.

At Icecrown Glacier, where they encountered Illidan's forces, Arthas triumphed over the corrupted night elf's army and defeated him in single battle. Eventually, Arthas merged with the Lich King, becoming a being that mixed his martial superiority with Ner'zhul's powerful sorcery.

Yet, upon awakening once again after a time of slumber, the Lich King arouses his innumerable hordes of the dead to invasion of the world once again. After the Scourge was beaten back twice in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, the Orc capital of Durotar, located at Kalimdor, the Alliance and the Horde forged a coalition named the Ashen Verdict to destroy the Scourge in Northrend; yet the two factions' differences, past crimes and personal agendas from each other threatened to break the coalition.

However, the Scourge, under Arthas' leadership remained strong, with his strength imposed at the Wrathgate, despite heavy casualties on the Scourge's side from the Alliance/Horde offensive. There, he killed Dranosh Saurfang and claimed his soul. However, the Forsaken, composed of undead formerly loyal to him and lead by Sylvanas herself, took their revenge, barraging the Lich King with gas that also caused causalities on the Alliance/Horde army.

Weakened by the Forsaken's chemical weaponry and having been warned by the ghost of his father, Terenas of his inevitable defeat, the Lich King made his last stand, gathering his strongest warriors and his most powerful creations to his side. Though he went down fighting to the end, Frostmourne was destroyed, resulting in Arthas' death and the weakening of the Scourge.

However, his title as Lich King was later succeeded by Bolvar Fordragon, to ensure that the world would never be consumed by the Scourge.

Death Battle Info (Official)

Background

• Real Name: Arthas Menethil
• Titles: Scourge Lord, King of the Damned, King of Lordaeron
• Age: 29 years
• Death Knight, former human paladin
• Former lover of Jaina Proudmoore
• Killed his own father
• Interned at Blizzard in 2017

Arsenal

• Frostmourne
  • Reaps & corrupts souls
  • Can wound souls directly
• Helm of Domination
  • Grants dominion over the Scourge
  • Houses the powers of the Lich King
  • Transport to the Shadowlands
• Saronite Armor
  • Self-repairs
  • Resistant to magic
  • Reflects holy & light magic

Powers

• Eye of Acherus
  • Reveals secrets
  • Summons ghouls
• Flight & leviation
• Ice magic & manipulation
• Immortality
• Mind & soul manipulation
• Necromancy & undead summons
• Plague of Undeath
• Shadow magic
• Teleportation
• Weather manipulation
• Notable spells
  • Fury of Frostmourne
    • Deals massive damage & disables resurrection
  • Harvest Soul
    • Pulls a soul into Frostmourne to be devoured
  • Necrotic Plague
    • An infection that spreads
  • Raise Dead
    • Turns a corpse into an undead servant
  • Remorseless Winter
    • Causes a huge winter storm
  • Summon Drudge Ghouls
    • Creates multiple ghouls
  • Summon Ice Sphere
    • Creates ice projectile
  • Summon Shadow Trap
    • Creates an explosive trap

Feats

• Beat Illidan Stormrage, who defeated Gul'dan
• Conquered a country quickly & effortlessly
• Considered the most powerful Lich King
• Destroyed a prison that endured planet shaking attacks
• Canonically wiped out an entire 25 man raid
• Defeated Uther the Lightbringer, Dranosh Saurfang, Sylvanas Windrunner

Gallery

The Lich King without a helm on, revealing the face of Arthas.

The cold intense stare

Trivia

• The Lich King is the first Warcraft character in the wiki, and also the first Warcraft character to have a completed battle.
• Is very similar to The Night King from Game Of Thrones.